Eastman Claimed He Heard About SCOTUS Justices In “Heated Fight” Over Taking Up Wisconsin Election Suit

The New York Times reports:

A lawyer advising President Donald J. Trump claimed in an email after Election Day 2020 to have insight into a “heated fight” among the Supreme Court justices over whether to hear arguments about the president’s efforts to overturn his defeat at the polls, two people briefed on the email said.

The lawyer, John Eastman, made the statement in a Dec. 24, 2020, exchange with a pro-Trump lawyer and Trump campaign officials over whether to file legal papers that they hoped might prompt four justices to agree to hear an election case from Wisconsin.

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SCOOP: Eastman relayed in previously undisclosed email that he had awareness of a debate among SCOTUS judges about whether to listen to an election case @lukebroadwater and me https://t.co/aI1hXJOvnm

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 16, 2022